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Sunday, February 12th to Sunday, March 18th
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Grammy Award winning pianist, composer and educator Arturo O’Farrill — leader of the “first family of Afro-Cuban Jazz” (NY Times) — was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Son of the late, great composer Chico O’Farrill, Arturo was educated at Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He played piano in Carla Bley’s Big Band from 1979 through 1983 and earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Belafonte.
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WHERE: Birdland 315 W 44th St New York, NY 10036 HOOD: Midtown, Manhattan |
DIRECTIONS: btwn 8th & 9th Ave A/C/E to 42nd St |
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